Sheriff’s deputy injured in motorcycle accident on I-45

Traffic was backed up after a Harris County Sheriff's Office deputy was injured in a motorcycle accident on I-45 near Shepherd. (Transtar photo)

An off-duty Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy was injured Tuesday in a motorcycle accident, according to Houston Transtar.

The deputy, who was riding his personal motorcycle, suffered a possible broken arm and other cuts and bruises, said Deputy Thomas Gilliland, sheriff’s department spokesman. An ambulance transported the injured deputy to Memorial Hermann Hospital.

The accident, reported at 2:25 p.m., occurred in the High Occupancy Vehicle lane on southbound Interstate 45 at the “Shepherd curve,” near Little York, Transtar said.

The Metro Police Department was investigating what caused the accident, Gilliland said.